Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Bozell's Media Research Center Wrong Again

Sharon, I already have showed you that Bozell is a fraud yet you regurgitate his distortions.There was nothing wrong with what Rather reported! TheMCR deviously creates a false impression by leaving out the key numbers in thepoll. The fact is "less than half the respondents thought the Bushtax cut would actually help the economy": 41%.

What MCR doesn't say is that 33% didn't think it would have an effect.

So 33% (which MCR didn't mention) plus19%who said it would actaully hurt gives a total of 52%. You can even saythat 7% more (for a total of 59%)didn't say it would help either since they said they either didn't know or didn'tanswer. It is MCR that really distorts the picture, not Dan Rather. When youhave 52% or 59% of Americans that don't say it would help, it meansless less than half think it would actually help. Bozell's Media Research Center is deceptive by not mentioning the 33%

Did you take the time to look up the poll that Rather and MCR refer to?

Here is the poll:Dan Rather and the CBS NEWS/NEW YORK TIMES POLLAlso, Dan Rather serves powerful interests by framing it about Democrats vs. Republicans. The fact is it isn't just Democrats that "call it a campaign for the wealthy" Rather's report once again positions Democrats as the only opponents and pushes Independents out of the discussion. (MCR cleary doesn't have a problem with this game, they make no mention of it.)CBS NEWS/NEW YORK TIMES POLL: TAX CUTS, THE ECONOMY & BUSH ADMINISTRATION 5/9-12/03q24 From what you know, do you think a new tax cut would be good for theeconomy, bad for the economy, or won't it have much effect on the economy?